The future of agency : between autonomy and heteronomy

In this thought-provoking volume, leading scholars address the multifaceted concept of agency, dissecting its significance, applications, and challenges across various domains, and situate agency in changing socio-historical contexts in which individuals as members of larger groups try to reconcile...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Dahms, Harry F. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2025]
SeriesCurrent perspectives in social theory ; v. 41.
Subjects
Agent (Philosophy)
Social change.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781836089803
DOI10.1108/S0278-1204202541
Physical Description1 online resource (288 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Surviving (in) a world of contradictions: Conceptualizing agency between autonomy and heteronomy / Harry F. Dahms
  • Part I. The persistent problem and challenge of agency (sociological theory)
  • Chapter 1. What do we need 'agency' for? A critical analysis of reasons for the use of 'agency' in sociology / Axel van den Berg and Emre Amasyalı
  • Chapter 2. What do we use 'agency' for? A critical empirical examination of its uses in the sociological literature / Emre Amasyalı and Axel van den Berg
  • Chapter 3. Curiously footnoted conceptualizations of agency / Steven Hitlin
  • Chapter 4. Agency between freedom/action and determinism/structure: Comment on van den berg and amasyalı / John Levi Martin
  • Chapter 5. The great agency muddle / Stephen Turner
  • Chapter 6. Why do we need to discuss agency? / Axel van den Berg and Emre Amasyalı
  • Part II. The problem and challenge of autonomy (classical and contemporary theory)
  • Chapter 7. Erik Olin Wright's selective interpretation of weber and exploitation: A discussion and evaluation / Sandro Segre
  • Chapter 8. A lost horizon: Revisiting "the societal rationalization of the economy" (translator's Introduction) / Anthony J. Knowles
  • Chapter 9. The societal rationalization of the economy: Guaranteed minimum income as a constitutional right / Harry F. Dahms
  • Part III. The problem and challenge of heteronomy (applied critical theory)
  • Chapter 10. Authoritarianism from below: Why and how trump follows his followers / David Norman Smith and Eric Allen Hanley
  • Chapter 11. Project 2025 environmental policy: Post-factual ecocatastrophe / Robert J. Antonio
  • Chapter 12. Filmmaking as pedagogy and praxis: An interview with garry potter / Daniel M. Harrison.

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